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UNITE S TS ATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE MARSH AND B. W. MCOLURE, OF PIKE HOLLOW, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR-S T0 B. W. MCOLURE AND I. H. VINDSOR, OF SAME PLACE.

' HORSE-COLLAR BLOCK.

Specicaton of Letters Patent No. 21,301, dated August 24, 18158.

. To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE MARSH and B. IV. MGOLURE, of Pike Hollow, Vyoming county, New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse-Collar Blocks; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of our invention consists in the peculiar arrangement of the mold block, the rim setter, the hame, cord, and the stretcher in the manner hereinafter set forth.

In order that those skilled in the arts may manufacture and use our invention we will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

In the annexed drawings Figure l represents a side elevation. Fig. 2 is an end view. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the center. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the rim setter.

In the several figures A represents the frame of the machine; (E E) the legs on which it stands.

B, is a mold block, secured on top of the` frame A, which is made to correspond in shape (as nearly as possible) to the shoulders of a horse, around where t-he collar is worn. C, `is a rim setter for forming the upper side of the collar, said rim being in the form on the underside) shown in Fig. 5, having a groove m in it, which forms the upper side or rim of the collar.

(a) represents a haine cord a cord which passes around the collar, and forms the groove in it, which the haine iron occupies when the collar is in use. This cord (a) is `connected by a hook (c) to the screw (5)*said screw having a handle al, and passing through the stationary support p.

D, seen in Fig. 3, is a longitudinal stretcher, which is allowed to slide into the block B, and which is operated in and out of this block by means of screw (7L). is the handle which operates said screw.

(m) is a screw secured on the inside of block B, and projecting up above it as seen. (o) is a piece of metal which has a hole through it and passes over the screw m, and

is provided also with legs as seen which press upon the top of the rim setter on both sides as seen in Fig. 2.

In operating this machine the collar to be made isplaced upon the block B. The cord (a) then passes around it at the point where the hame groove is to be made. The rim setter is then placed upon the top of the collar and secured by means of piece (o), nut (n) and screw By turning the screw (b) the cord (a.) is twisted very tight around the collar and very readily forms the haine groove, and by screwing up the nut the rimsetter will press the collar firmly down upon the mold block B forming the underside of t-he collar, while the groove of the rim setter forms t-he rim or upper side of the collar. Should the collar need a longitudinal stretch, it may be given by turning screw (it) and throwing or forcing out the stretcher D.

It will readily be seen that by this arrangement a collar may be more quickly and more nicely formed than by any other now known.

It will be seen by referring to Fig. 5 that the rim setter C, is also provided with a square groove in that end of it which forms the upper side of the collar. The object of this groove is to allow of longitudinal stretch of the collar in the formation of collars of dierent sizes. The collar is generally elongated after being placed upon the block, and as the setter O rests upon the rim of the collar giving it form and holding it in place, it is evident that the upper or small end of the collar may pass through th'e groove m', when the stretcher is applied and that thus different sized collars may be made upon the block. In any case where a collar is pressed in a mold it must of course fit that mold and its size cannot be changed materially, or at all without changing the size of the mold. This is the difficult-y with the patent granted to M. C. Chamberlin. He molds his collar and can consequently make only one size of collar. The difference between our invention and that of Chamber lin is that ours will make collarsvof any desired size on one block, while he can make only one size.

We are aware that the individual meml structed, operated and combined in the man- 10 f bers of this machine are not new, and hence ner herein set forth and for the purpose we do not claim theln as such. Butdescribed.

' Having thus fully described our invenp 5 tion what we do claim as new and desire t0 secure by Letters Patent is- The peculiar arrangement of the mold Witnesses: block B and rim setter C, with the cord (a), W. A. STERN, J and stretcher D, when the same are com W. HOUGHTON. 

